States and conditions
Synonyms for gratification
The synonym for gratification recorded in this bank is satisfaction, in the sense "state of being gratified or satisfied". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for gratification
- satisfactionnoun, in the sense "state of being gratified or satisfied"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and gratification carries one sense so far.
state of being gratified or satisfied
Dull repetitious work gives no gratification.
The true synonym
satisfaction
Same sentence, swapped: Dull repetitious work gives no satisfaction.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for gratification in the sentence quoted.
- rapture
- unhappiness
- indulgence
Where gratification turns up in the game
gratification is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where gratification is the trap
- rapturenoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is transport, in the sense "a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion", so gratification is there to be ruled out.
Play gratification
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so gratification reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from states and conditions at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. gratification carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.